Could bringing in Tom Lynch backfire on Richmond?

This season has been Jack Riewoldt's most consistent ever - which makes the talk about Tom Lynch's potential move to Richmond all the more interesting.

The wantaway Suns forward would be on more money than Riewoldt, who will be 30, and would essentially be playing Riewoldt's position.

This week on The Age Real Footy Podcast, Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall, Caroline Wilson and Bob Murphy discuss the potential negative implications of bringing Lynch to the Tigers in 2019.

Also this week, the cultural problem at Melbourne and how the cards will fall for them leading into September, the up-and-down, disappointing Cats, and Isaac Heeney has found his place in the Sydney side and could shape their finals campaign.

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Meanwhile, we've got whispers about the former Hawthorn player who may have had a very big Powerball win and the AFL captain who Brendon Bolton and the Blues may be chasing for 2019.

We ask whether waiting to re-sign Alastair Clarkson is a genius move by Jeff Kennett, question his stance on pokies and betting in AFL and whether the Hawks have actually underperformed despite getting set for a top-four finish.

All this plus the word on the off-field situation at St Kilda, where they are keen to be active in trade period but lack draft picks, the change that will be coming there in the offseason and what the AFL should do with the women's league fixture in 2019 - and why they should invest in it.